Verification Bias. An Underrecognized Source of Error in Assessing the Efficacy of Medical Imaging

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-346

  Petscavage, Jonelle M ^a   Richardson, Michael L ^b   Carr, Robert B ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Global sensitivity analysis; Posttest referral bias; Verification bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79551509346     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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